College Sports Blog

Struggles continue for Texas A&M kicker Taylor Bertolet

It didn’t come back to get them this time, but the Texas A&M Aggies are still searching for answers at kicker.

Redshirt freshman Taylor Bertolet missed a point-after attempt in the first quarter, his fourth such miss this season. Then he missed a 37-yard field goal attempt early in the fourth quarter that would have put A&M up nine.

Bertolet did hit a 29-yard field earlier in the fourth quarter. Bertolet is 12-of-21 on field goal attempts this season.

Notable: Swope had his third straight game of 100-plus yards receiving. With his 11 catches against the Tide, he broke former teammate Jeff Fuller’s school record of 233 career catches, boosting his total to 236. … Howard Matthews forced Alabama’s first interception by hitting receiver Kenny Bell. Linebacker Sean Porter grabbed the ball out of the air for the pick. Dustin Harris recovered Alabama running back T.J. Yeldon’s second-half fumble. A&M profited from three takeaways and did not turn the ball over, the first time it won the turnover battle since Game 3 against Arkansas. … Manziel had rushes of 29 and 32 yards. Before Saturday, the longest rush allowed by Alabama was 22 yards. … The Aggies wrapped up their first perfect regular-season road schedule (6-0) since 1992, when the Aggies were 6-0 on the way to a 12-0 regular season.